full circle, come



full circle, come

Also, go full circle. Complete an entire cycle; return to the original position or condition. For example, After a whole year of debate we have come full circle on this issue. Shakespeare may have originated this expression in King Lear (5:3): "The wheel is come full circle." A 20th-century idiom with a similar meaning is what goes around comes around, as in I knew if I helped her now, she would help me later-what goes around comes around.
See also: come, full

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Celestinothe-le-STEE-no (Spanish), se-le-STEE-no (Latin American Spanish), che-le-STEE-no (Italian)Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Mailys-French
AnnabethAN-ə-bethEnglish (Rare)
Fflur-Welsh
Abbot['æbət]
Natsukinah-tsoo-keeJapanese